Private House 144

Location: Worsley

LPA: Salford

Nature: New-build dwelling

Status: Completed

QS: Fogarty Associates

SE: Elliot Bond

A new-build six-bedroom dwelling arranged over four floors, replacing an existing 1960s house. The site is located off a private residential road lined with mature trees and overlooks a golf course.

Paul Ashton Architects worked closely with the client and Salford Local Planning Authority, establishing a strong working relationship through multiple rounds of pre-application design development. The final design emerged after an extended period of close collaboration.

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Modern open-concept living space with large windows, light wood flooring, black kitchen cabinets, and a dining area with six chairs. There is a blue armchair and a black coffee table with a vase of white flowers.
Modern open-concept living space with a blue sectional sofa, black coffee table with a vase of flowers, wooden slat accent wall, kitchen with black cabinetry, and a dining area with a wooden table and black chairs.
Modern kitchen with black cabinets, grey marble island and stools, wooden wall panels, and built-in appliances.
Modern dining area with a wooden table and six black chairs, large floor-to-ceiling windows showing outdoor greenery, light wooden floor, and minimal decor.
Modern living room with large sliding glass doors opening to an outdoor patio with lounge chairs and a potted tree.
Bright bedroom with a large bed, yellow and white bedding, two matching nightstands with lamps, a white sofa with orange pillows, abstract painting on the wall, and large glass sliding door revealing trees outside.
Bright, minimalist bedroom with a large window, white walls, light wood floor, a bed with white bedding and yellow accents, a white sofa with yellow pillows, a colorful abstract painting on the wall, and a small side table.
Modern bedroom with a yellow upholstered bed, white bedding, two bedside lamps, a wooden chair, a desk, and a large sliding glass door showing greenery outside.
Modern bathroom with white marble walls and flooring, a double sink vanity with black cabinets, a freestanding bathtub, wall-mounted toilet, and a glass-enclosed shower with a skylight window.

Design Development

Responding to the client’s brief, the building is articulated as a two-storey gabled form bridging two distinct plinth volumes at ground and lower-ground levels.

These volumes accommodate the principal living and entertainment spaces and are carefully oriented to respond to the site’s natural topography, creating a dynamic interplay of forms.

Positioned between the plinths, the entrance lobby and vertical circulation core act as a connective spine, linking the main entrance and entertaining areas with the more private family quarters. The upper gabled element contains the bedroom suites and private quarters, punctuated by an open gable with a deep reveal that frames expansive views across the golf course.

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PAA employed an architectural language that references traditional dwelling forms whilst using contemporary building technologies to create a distinctive, prestige dwelling that raises the standard of domestic architecture in the area.

The proposed building palette uses traditional materials to create a crisp contrast between areas of white render, slate and black 'roman' bricks.

Lower ground floor / basement plan
Ground floor plan. Piano nobile.
First floor.
Second floor
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